The Sandman was one of Vertigo's flagship titles, and is available as a series of ten t The Sandman is a comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and drawn by Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Jill Thompson, Shawn McManus, Marc Hempel and Michael Zulli and more, with covers by Dave McKean. Beginning with issue #47, it was placed under the imprint Vertigo.
Ikebana comes from the word ikeru, a Japanese term that translates to âliving,â âarrange flowersâ or âkeep alive.â Flower in Japanese is hana. With the combination of these two terms, the translation could be âarranging flowersâ or âgiving life to flowers.â.
Still, there is the common expression, âsay it with flowersâ that has been used by a floral company that delivers worldwide as their slogan for a number of years. Indeed, for people who know the meaning behind each flower, it is an apt slogan. But not all people know the language of flowers. For the Japanese, who have been exposed to Buddhism and are naturally lovers of nature, flowers and their meanings are interwoven in the Japanese way of life.